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Yindjibarndi
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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

600-700

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

"In 2004 there were estimated to be between six and seven hundred speakers of the Yindjibarndi language. A number of other people are partial speakers, have a passive knowledge of Yindjibarndi and many more identify as being from Yindjibarndi heritage... Most speakers are elderly with some children of speakers having a strong partial knowledge of the language."

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Location and Context

Countries

Roebourne, Port Hedland, Karratha, southwest Pilbara

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Location description

"Remaining Yindjibarndi speakers live in the towns of Roebourne, Port Hedland and Karratha and a number of communities in the south-west Pilbara."

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Standard orthography

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Other writing systems

"Remaining Yindjibarndi speakers live in the towns of Roebourne, Port Hedland and Karratha and a number of communities in the south-west Pilbara."

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

200

Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

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Year of info

Location and Context

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

500-600

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

No data

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Child speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

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Government support

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

330

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

Speaker number data is from a 1996 census.

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Australia;

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Location description

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Government support

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Native Speakers Worldwide

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Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

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Year of info

2011

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

-22.10432211, 118.0814646

Location description

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Government support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Script (Writing system)

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Other languages used

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

550

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Child speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Location and Context

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Location description

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